EURR 1001 INTRODUCTION TO EUROPEAN AND RUSSIAN STUDIES FALL 2020 Fall 2020 Carleton University Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies EURR 1001 I NTRODUCTION TO EUROPEAN AND RUSSIAN STUDIES West and East Germans at the Brandenburg Gate in 1989 Source: Wikimedia Commons Instructor: Milana Nikolko, PhD Class schedule: Delivered and evaluated online in cuLearn Class location: cuLearn Office hours: Tuesday 3.00-4.00 pm (or by appointment) via Zoom E-mail: [email protected]Web: cuLearn Teaching Assistant: Leah Rasmussen E-mail: [email protected]
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EURR 1001 INTRODUCTION TO EUROPEAN AND RUSSIAN STUDIES
FALL 2020
Fall 2020 Carleton University Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies
EURR 1001 INTRODUCTION TO EUROPEAN AND RUSSIAN STUDIES
West and East Germans at the Brandenburg Gate in 1989
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Instructor: Milana Nikolko, PhD
Class schedule: Delivered and evaluated online in cuLearn
Class location: cuLearn Office hours: Tuesday 3.00-4.00 pm (or by appointment) via Zoom E-mail: [email protected] Web: cuLearn Teaching Assistant: Leah Rasmussen
• Simon Usherwood and John Linder, “The EU and the Rest of Europe” in The European Union:
A Very Short Introduction. Fourth Edition. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2018, 109-120.
•Thomas Forsberg and Hiski Hankkala, “The ‘Common Neighborhood’ and Regional
Cooperation,” The European Union and Russia Palgrave 2016, 192-219
• "Brexit: Your simple guide to the UK leaving the EU”, BBC News, 30 July 2019,
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-46318565
III. REGIONAL ISSUES IN CONTEXT
Week 9. UNIT 9. November 16-22. Russia in XXI century. The
Putin era. This Unit consists of an online lesson module that will take approximately 3,5 hours to complete.
Within the module, you will be asked to complete:
• To follow and participate in the discussion, initiated by discussion leader
• To complete weekly quiz
Reading materials:
• Putin, Vladimir. Speech to the Munich Conference on Security Policy, 10 Feb 2007. http://archive.kremlin.ru/eng/speeches/2007/02/10/0138_ty pe82912type82914type82917type84779_118123.shtml • Lukyanov, Fydor, “Putin’s Foreign Policy: The Quest to Restore Russia’s Rightful Place” Foreign Affairs 95, no. 3 (2016): 30-37 • Walker, Shaun, “Unequal Russia: Is Anger Stirring in the Global Capital of Inequality” The Guardian, 25 April 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/apr/25/unequ al-russia-is-anger-stirring-in-the-global-capital-of-inequality
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Week 12. Unit 12. December 07-13. Course conclusion:
Democracy, Populism, and Authoritarianism in the epoch of
pandemic.
Anchor lecture 3. Tuesday, December 08, 1-2 pm
This Unit consists of an online lesson module that will take approximately 4 hours to complete.
Within the module, you will be asked to complete:
• To follow and participate in the discussion, initiated by discussion leader
• To submit your Research Essay
Reading materials:
• Tooze, Adam. “The Sociologist Who Could Save Us From Coronavirus. Ulrich Beck was a
prophet of uncertainty—and the most important intellectual for the pandemic and its aftermath”. Foreign Policy. July 03, 2020. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/08/01/the-sociologist-who-could-save-us-from-coronavirus/?fbclid=IwAR2c85G2XDVKvEAxyD1z0s26SK9l9HgHX9LgSWLt76UeISNLmSQ2qRl0Eg4
Final Exam TBA
Course Outline (Syllabus) Information on Academic Accommodations
Requests for Academic Accommodation You may need special arrangements to meet your academic obligations during the term. For an accommodation request, the processes are as follows: Pregnancy obligation Please contact your instructor with any requests for academic accommodation during the first two weeks of class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist. For more details, visit the Equity Services website: carleton.ca/equity/wp-content/uploads/Student-Guide-to-Academic-Accommodation.pdf Religious obligation Please contact your instructor with any requests for academic accommodation during the first two weeks of class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist. For more details, visit the Equity Services website: carleton.ca/equity/wp-content/uploads/Student-Guide-to-Academic-Accommodation.pdf Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities If you have a documented disability requiring academic accommodations in this course, please contact the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (PMC) at 613-520-6608 or [email protected] for a formal evaluation or contact your PMC coordinator to send your instructor your Letter of Accommodation at the beginning of the term. You must also contact the PMC no later than two weeks before the first in-
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class scheduled test or exam requiring accommodation (if applicable). After requesting accommodation from PMC, meet with your instructor as soon as possible to ensure accommodation arrangements are made. carleton.ca/pmc Survivors of Sexual Violence As a community, Carleton University is committed to maintaining a positive learning, working and living environment where sexual violence will not be tolerated, and is survivors are supported through academic accommodations as per Carleton's Sexual Violence Policy. For more information about the services available at the university and to obtain information about sexual violence and/or support, visit: carleton.ca/sexual-violence-support Accommodation for Student Activities Carleton University recognizes the substantial benefits, both to the individual student and for the university, that result from a student participating in activities beyond the classroom experience. Reasonable accommodation must be provided to students who compete or perform at the national or international level. Please contact your instructor with any requests for academic accommodation during the first two weeks of class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist. https://carleton.ca/senate/wp-content/uploads/Accommodation-for-Student-Activities-1.pdf For more information on academic accommodation, please contact the departmental administrator or visit: students.carleton.ca/course-outline Submission, Return and Grading of Term Work Written assignments must be submitted directly to the instructor(s) via cuLearn, please be aware of regressive penalty for the late submission. Final submissions are intended solely for the purpose of evaluation and will not be returned. Final standing in courses will be shown by alphabetical grades. The system of grades used, with corresponding grade points is:
Percentage Letter grade 12-point scale
Percentage Letter grade 12-point scale
90-100 A+ 12 67-69 C+ 6
85-89 A 11 63-66 C 5
80-84 A- 10 60-62 C- 4
77-79 B+ 9 57-59 D+ 3
73-76 B 8 53-56 D 2
70-72 B- 7 50-52 D- 1
Standing in a course is determined by the course instructor subject to the approval of the Faculty
Dean. This means that grades submitted by an instructor may be subject to revision. No grades are
final until they have been approved by the Dean. Carleton E-mail Accounts: All email communication to students from the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies will be via official Carleton university e-mail accounts and/or cuLearn. As important course and University information is distributed this way, it is the student’s responsibility to monitor their Carleton and cuLearn accounts. Official Course Outline: The course outline posted to EURUS website is the official course outline.